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Summary Of: Post town

Including the correct post town in the address increases the chances of a letter or parcel being delivered on time... Each post town usually corresponds to one or more... and each post town can cover an area including many individual towns and villages... correspond to a single postal district with each post town covering one or more postcode sectors... The Royal Mail states that the post town must be included on all items and should be printed in capitals... village or suburb name is added above the post town giving a more specific location... Locality information other than the post town is not always part of the official postal address... street with the same name covered by a post town or postcode district... such as a village was served by a post town entirely distinct from its location... lookup tables check for the post town at the beginning of a line if the postcode is missing... Post town names are unique within each former postal county and each... only if the first 10 characters of the post town name correspond unambiguously to only one post town...

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